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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Use the Basic Index to search complete words, compound words, or word beginnings, e.g., S KIN?. Use the rotated index TR= to search word fragments, or word endings, e.g., TR=KIN?. Since punctuation is stripped for trademark searching, use the AND operator instead of the (W) operator for the most comprehensive retrieval. Search compound words as the whole word and as its parts, e.g., S KINGS? OR (KING AND COBRA?).

² Trademarks and owner names longer than 32 characters are truncated in REPORT displays.

³ Since trademarks are not cross-referenced, for the most comprehensive retrieval, alternative spellings should be SELECTed either in the Basic Index, e.g., SELECT HARBOR OR HARBOUR OR HAVRE or in the Rotated Trademark index, e.g., SELECT TR=(HARBOR? OR HARBOUR? OR HAVRE?).

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Inclues CN, LR, ON,OW

⁵ In a REPORT which includes date fields, NA will appear when the requested date information is not available.

⁶ Also searchable in the Basic Index

⁷ Each Emperor Year serial number is prefixed with the first letter of that era's emperor: M=Meji, T=Taigo, S=Showa and H=Heisei. All serial numbers from 2000 onwards use the Western Year. Serial numbers are also indexed without year digits.

⁸ Use RT=IMAGE in the query to guarantee that a record contains a trademark image.

⁹ Does not display in record

¹⁰ Use the @ character to indicate the end of a word, e.g., TR=MAIL@? when searching in the rotated index. Always use the question mark for the most comprehensive retrieval. Proximity operators (W) or (N) cannot be used with the TR= prefix. Use AND instead.

LIMIT [top]

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

REPORT OPTIONS [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

¹¹ Images can be displayed when searches are conducted on the Internet using Dialog Web, DialogClassic, or DialogLink Version 5.0 or higher.

¹² Use the command TYPE 9999999/23 to retrieve information about the currency of the trademark data. Format 23 is free when used in this context only.

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: TRADEMARKSCAN®-Japan[669]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $6.00
Cost per minute:                   $1.22
Report Elements                    $0.55
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $45.00
ALERT (Monthly)                   $45.00
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $45.00
ALERT (Weekly)                 *  $45.00
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $45.00
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $45.00
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $45.00
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints       20

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $4.50    $4.50
     3    $2.80    $2.80
     4    $4.50    $4.50
     5    $4.50    $4.50
     6    $2.80    $2.80
     7    $2.80    $2.80
     8    $2.80    $2.80
     9    $4.50    $4.50
    19    $4.50    $4.50
    23    $0.00    $0.00
    39    $1.15    $1.15
    49    $0.55    $0.55
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:
      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00